tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post4304189030871460545..comments2024-03-20T23:43:28.613+00:00Comments on Caroline's Miscellany: William Friese-GreeneCarolineLDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00197813252586559665noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-33840583360675676522016-01-12T08:11:10.838+00:002016-01-12T08:11:10.838+00:00Does anyone have any information on Williams secon...Does anyone have any information on Williams second wife Edith Harrison. I am investigating my family tree and there is a link somewhere to him. He appears in the 1901 census as living at Dovercourt, Essex with Edith. I am keen to know why he moved there as that is where part of my family is from?<br />Martin TuckMartin Tucknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-51330714674226212622013-05-06T23:28:05.020+01:002013-05-06T23:28:05.020+01:00Not just Wikipedia! Both the London Encyclopaedia ...Not just Wikipedia! Both the London Encyclopaedia and London: A Cultural History (Richard Tames) make the same claim. Unfortunately, neither cites a source. If you do find the origin of this claim, and whether it's true or not, I'd be very interested to know. CarolineLDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00197813252586559665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-16986502228270169082013-05-06T23:08:35.987+01:002013-05-06T23:08:35.987+01:00Is there an original source for the claim that his...Is there an original source for the claim that his grave was designed by Lutyens? I know Wikipedia says so, but looking at it, I would bet a large sum that it was nothing to do with him.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12700036976027728607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-42910780083993947582013-04-23T21:59:37.122+01:002013-04-23T21:59:37.122+01:00Thank you, that's interesting - I wonder what ...Thank you, that's interesting - I wonder what has happened to it. CarolineLDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00197813252586559665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-35883756728103982582013-04-22T13:09:51.951+01:002013-04-22T13:09:51.951+01:00Friese-Greene went to Queen Elizabeth's Hospit...Friese-Greene went to Queen Elizabeth's Hospital school in Bristol. When I was there, the Orpheus Cinema plaque in your link, which from memory was cast aluminium, lived in the Art School. The Art School was the former Brandon Hill police station. I've no idea what happened to the plaque after the building was sold.DJKnoreply@blogger.com